jj n° 2
Studio album by
JJ
Released1 July 2009 (2009-07-01)
Genre
Length26:44
Label
ProducerJJ
JJ chronology
jj n° 2
(2009)		 a jj 12"
(2009)

jj n° 2 is the debut studio album by Swedish indie pop band JJ. It was released on the Swedish record label Sincerely Yours on 1 July 2009. A vinyl edition, titled jj n° 2.1, was released in late December 2009.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Dagens Nyheter4/5[3]
Pitchfork8.6/10[4]
PopMatters8/10[5]
Slant Magazine[6]
Under the Radar7/10[7]

jj n° 2 received a "Best New Music" designation from Pitchfork.[4] At the end of 2009, Paste named jj n° 2 "The Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity",[8] and The Washington Post named it the second best pop album of the year, behind Maxwell's BLACKsummers'night.[9]

jj n° 2 was ranked by several publications on lists of the best albums of 2009, including at number nine by Gorilla vs. Bear,[10] at number 35 by Pitchfork,[11] and at number 56 by PopMatters.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by JJ (Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander), except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Things Will Never Be the Same Again" 3:34
2."From Africa to Málaga" 2:50
3."Ecstasy"
3:33
4."Are You Still in Vallda?" 2:34
5."My Love" 3:12
6."Intermezzo" 2:48
7."My Hopes & Dreams" 2:43
8."Masterplan" 2:48
9."Me & Dean" 2:42
Total length:26:44
Vinyl edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Things Will Never Be the Same Again" 3:34
2."From Africa to Málaga" 2:50
3."Ecstasy"
  • JJ
  • Carter
  • Garrett
  • Harrison
  • Scheffer
  • Zamor
3:33
4."Are You Still in Vallda?" 2:34
5."Pure Shores" 3:34
6."My Love" 3:12
7."Intermezzo" 2:48
8."My Hopes & Dreams" 2:43
9."Masterplan" 2:48
10."Me & Dean" 2:42
Total length:30:18
Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for jj n 2 by jj". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Hoffman, K. Ross. "jj No. 2 – jj". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Dahlström, Mattias (8 July 2009). "JJ: 'No 2'". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 Hogan, Marc (17 July 2009). "JJ: jj n° 2". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. ↑ Newmark, Mike (25 August 2009). "jj: jj n° 2". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Liedel, Kevin (30 July 2010). "jj: jj n° 2". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Studarus, Laura (14 September 2010). "jj: nº 2 (reissue) (Secretly Canadian)". Under the Radar. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Marino, Nick (28 October 2009). "The Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity". Paste. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  9. ↑ Richards, Chris (20 December 2009). "The best and worst of 2009: Pop music". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "gorillavsbear.net: gorilla vs. bear's albums of 2009". Gorillavsbear.blogspot.com. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  11. ↑ "The Top 50 Albums of 2009". Pitchfork. 17 December 2009. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  12. ↑ "The Best 60 Albums of 2009". PopMatters. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


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